East Indian state Odisha's Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who ruled the region for 24 years, on Wednesday (June 5, 2024) submitted his resignation to Odisha governor Raghubar Das in Bhubaneswar.
New Delhi/IBNS: A massive fire broke out at a children's eye hospital in Delhi, just days after a similar fire at a hospital in the national capital claimed 7 lives, media reports said.
Mumbai/IBNS: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday said his party won't oppose Congress' Rahul Gandhi as the Prime Minister if INDIA manages to form the government despite the BJP-led NDA is well above the majority mark.
Patna/IBNS: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, who are now political foes, have boarded the same flight to Delhi triggering speculations of new alignment after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP failed to get the majority in the Lok Sabha elections.
New Delhi/IBNS: TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday cleared he will be attending the meeting of national coalition NDA, which now needs his support mandatorily as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP failed to get the majority in the Lok Sabha elections.
The police said an Indian student, who went missing recently for several days, has been found safe.
At least 15 Muslim candidates have clinched Lok Sabha seats across the country out of the 78 who were fielded to contest the general polls this time.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday returned for a rare third consecutive term in office with his allies, but fell short of an absolute majority for his BJP, in an election that gave a new lease of life to a Congress-led disparate Opposition bloc- INDIA- as the anti-Modi union halted the saffron juggernaut to under 300.
Thrissur/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may not have managed to touch the magic figure of 272 mark on its own, but it surely made inroads in the southern state of Kerala in this Lok Sabha elections.
Mumbai/IBNS: Even after their parties were split, symbols were taken away, and forced to change the names of their factions, Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray and Sharadchandra Pawar have proven their relevance that they still lead the real Shiv Sena and the real Nationalist Congress Party.
New Delhi/IBNS: With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failing to emerge as the single largest party in the Lok Sabha elections and needing to bank on their National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to form the government, the two leaders who emerged as potential kingmakers are Bihar Chief Minister and JDU chief Nitish Kumar and Telugu Desam Party leader N Chandrababu Naidu.
New Delhi/IBNS: Incumbent Union Minister Smriti Irani, who defeated Congress's Rahul Gandhi in his family bastion five years ago, tasted a crushing defeat this time in one of the key prestige battles in this Lok Sabha election.
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday thanked his allies Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu as he heads to lead a coalition government of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
Kolkata/IBNS: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday expressed her satisfaction with the Bharatiya Janata Party not getting a single majority in the Lok Sabha and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as well as Union Home Minister Amit Shah, should resign on moral grounds.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday thanked the people of India for giving the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) a "historic" third consecutive win.
The Border Security Force conducted a joint operation with Punjab Police when they recovered a drone along with the contraband item in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district.
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who made a remarkable comeback in the Lok Sabha polls by winning two seats himself and leading the INDIA bloc from the front to throw a major challenge to the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA, on Tuesday said a decision on government formation will be taken only after a meeting with the alliance partners.
Bhubaneswar/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to form a government for the first time in Odisha putting an end to the Naveen Patnaik regime running for the last 24 years.
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who is a part of the powerful Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty that has ruled the Indian political scenario for decades, made a strong comeback by putting up a strong show in the general elections which was predicted by exit polls to be dominated by the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party.
Kolkata/IBNS: Congress strongman Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is set for a defeat in the Baharampur constituency of West Bengal amid his party's resurgence in the national politics.
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress' fiery leader Mahua Moitra, who was expelled from Parliament over alleged cash-for-query case, is set for a stormy comeback into Lok Sabha.
New Delhi/IBNS: In a scenario quite contrary to what was predicted in exit polls, INDIA- the anti-BJP front- has taken a lead over the ruling NDA alliance in two key states, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh that yield two highest numbers of Lok Sabha seats.
Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut is heading towards Lok Sabha victory on debut from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi seat as counting of votes is currently underway on Tuesday.
New Delhi/Amethi/IBNS: Congress top leader Rahul Gandhi has surpassed his mother Sonia Gandhi's margin of victory in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli, heading for a mammoth victory from the party bastion.
Amaravati/IBNS: Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu thrashed YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSRCP, paving way for his return to power in Andhra Pradesh.
Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress has decimated Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal's Basirhat constituency, which locates Sandeshkhali that grabbed the eyeballs across the nation after several women accused local TMC leaders of land grabbing and sexual abuse.
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is aiming for a rare third consecutive term at the Centre but on the crutches of its NDA alliance partners, even as the Opposition INDIA Bloc puts up a strong fight to the ruling camp riding on the gains in BJP stronghold states like Uttar Pradesh.
Jailed Khalistani separatist leader Amritpal Singh, who is contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Punjab's Khadoor Sahib, is currently leading, as per early trends as counting of votes is currently underway on Tuesday.
Amethi/IBNS: The BJP-led NDA is failing to sweep Uttar Pradesh like the previous two General Elections, at least the initial trends of the results predicted.
New Delhi/IBNS: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor is trailing narrowly behind BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekhar by around 5,000 votes at 10.30 am in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat that he has won for the past three elections, as per early trends
